German hostage 'dies during rescue bid'
31/05/2012 - 12:43:27A German engineer kidnapped in the Nigerian city of Kano about five months ago has been killed in a failed rescue attempt, officials say.
The operation to free Edgar Fritz Raupach happened in early today.
A group affiliated to al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, known as AQIM, had said it was holding a German citizen captive after abducting him in Nigeria.